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Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks")Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:00:58 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Saudi Kingdom Executes “Sorceress” « JONATHAN TURLEYhttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-302222
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:21:14 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-302222[…] — part of a continuing trend in Muslim countries in arrested suspecting Genies and sorcerers in the name of Allah. In this case, the Saudis appear to have arrested a […]
]]>By: Bette Noirhttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-230594
Tue, 10 May 2011 13:50:05 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-230594My guess is that end times hysteria is related to misery and economic collapse. Nothing moderates extremism like a full belly and cable TV.

Ahmedinijad is sure going to look silly when he finds out he’s been praying next to the wrong well all these years.

]]>By: frankhttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-230548
Tue, 10 May 2011 10:29:21 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-230548“The poor you will always have with you” John 12:8 – seems he forgot to warn us the nuts will be too.

Back in the mid-1800s the Millerite Movement predicted the exact date of the return of Christ & thousands of people sold their belongings and camped in fields waiting the return. I don’t remember, how did that work out for them?

When I lived in Florida there was a guy driving a minivan all painted up with the exact date of the return, that day came & went & if the rapture did occur none of my neighbors went and the media didn’t cover it.

But recently it seems as if other religions have been joining in the fun; is end time hysteria contagious? There seems to be a lot of it going around.

]]>By: tomdarchhttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-230413
Mon, 09 May 2011 20:39:08 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-230413It’s a long, intricate read, with lots of unfamiliar (and sometimes similar) names, but this gives the context for the issue:

I think I understand that both sides (President Ahmadinejad versus Supreme Leader Khamene’i) want to be seen as being true to the Hidden Imam – but the details are the “local politics.”

From the piece on Prof. Cole’s blog:

“A few weeks ago, a series of documentary films were released called “The Reappearance is Near.” The films referred to the reappearance of the Hidden Imam who according to the Shi’is went into hiding as a child and who will return in the Last Days to crush the enemies of Islam and to establish a reign of justice and peace. A number of people will supposedly accompany the Hidden Imam on his return. The films openly stated that President Ahmadinejad is the embodiment of Shu’ayb bin Salih, one of the saintly figures who will accompany the Hidden Imam. This would give the president a special place above all the ruling clerics as a special companion of the Hidden Imam. In fact, the president frequently takes the entire cabinet to pray next to a well near Qom, from where the Hidden Imam is supposed to emerge. He also starts all his speeches, including the ones that he has delivered at the United Nations, with a prayer for the speedy return of the Hidden Imam.

Those films have understandably created a great deal of controversy among the clerics who see Ahmadinejad usurping their privileged spiritual position, as the true representatives of the Hidden Imam and the interpreters of Islamic teachings. Masha’i [a relative and ally of President Ahmadinejad] has been accused of having been the mastermind behind the creation of those films, a charge that he has denied. However, during the past few days, some of those who were involved in the production of the film have been arrested and accused of spreading superstition and undermining the position of the Hidden Imam.”

I’d love to point and mock Iran for this, but as we all know, “End Times” superstition is a big part of US politics.

]]>By: Buddha Is Laughinghttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-230384
Mon, 09 May 2011 18:52:51 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-230384Submitted without comment because apparently no one else will broach the topic . . .

]]>By: rafflawhttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-230380
Mon, 09 May 2011 18:45:20 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-230380The man is mad I tell you, Mad! Maybe we should get him a stuffed Genie and he can carry it with him for security!
]]>By: petehttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-230373
Mon, 09 May 2011 18:31:36 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-230373throwing notes down wells, such a backwards people. don’t they know the truth is in the stars.
]]>By: anon nursehttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-230312
Mon, 09 May 2011 15:58:15 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-230312A whole lot of “crazy”…”here, there and everywhere”…, but this is pretty good, I must admit…
]]>By: Buddha Is Laughinghttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-230306
Mon, 09 May 2011 15:52:28 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-230306How’s that theocracy treatin’ you now, Imadinnerjacket?
]]>By: rafflawhttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-230283
Mon, 09 May 2011 15:36:38 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-230283This is just nuts! I knew that Iammadinthehead was crazy, but he is off the charts with this stuff!
]]>By: Frankhttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-230233
Mon, 09 May 2011 13:23:04 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-230233Look, if I had a genie one of the things I would have him do would be to keep me from being charged with having a genie. So, ipso facto, QED, incontinens cerebri, the fact that I have been charged is proof that I do not have a genie.

I would further argue that anyone not currently charged with having a genie probably has a genie protecting them from being charged & should be arrested immediately!

]]>By: Anonymously Yourshttp://jonathanturley.org/2011/05/09/iranian-president-ahmadinejads-aides-arrested-for-sorcery-and-consorting-with-genies/#comment-230224
Mon, 09 May 2011 12:41:27 +0000http://jonathanturley.org/?p=34829#comment-230224Aladdin (Arabic: علاء الدين, ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn; literally, “nobility of the faith”) is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights), and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland (see sources and setting).[2]